Mumbai Indians vs. Kolkata Knightriders @ Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

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Mumbai Indians vs. Kolkata Knightriders @ Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

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Mumbai Indians would take on Kolkata Knightriders in the IPL match of the Indian Premier League tournament. The match will be hosted at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Schedule time for IPL match is 20:00 Local Time (14:30 GMT).

The scheduled match between MI vs. KKR would be Day/Night and will be played under flood light condition at Mumbai.

The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket championship. The Premier League is considered to be the world's showcase for Twenty20 cricket, a shorter format of cricket consisting only 20 over’s. Top Indian and international players take part in IPL, contributing to what is the world's ‘richest cricket tournament’. The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 43 days with 59 matches scheduled. The final was played in DY Patil Stadium, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. In the nail biting final the Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in a thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.

The 6th edition of the IPL is scheduled opened in February 2013 with the auction for players. 108 players were on offer but only 37 players were sold for US$ 11.87 million. The only player to be the million dollar cricketer was the Australian all rounder Glenn Maxwell. Deccan Chargers were ousted from the league almost five-months ago and in place of the Chargers a new team the Sunrisers will play from the 2013. The tournament will run from 3 April to 26 May 2013 with Kolkata and Chennai hosting the playoffs. Kolkata's Eden Gardens will host the first match as well as the final as they were the champions of the 2012 season.